176 | HISTOIRE DES PLANTES. 
25. Mespilodaphne Nges ‘. — Flores hermaphroditt v. diœci ; 
receptaculo infundibuliformi, subcampanulato v. obconico; perianthii 
foliolis 6 æqualibus, deciduis v. plus minus persistentibus. Stamina 
fertitia 9, quorum intima 3, extrorsa, 2-olandulosa; antheris super- 
posite 4-locellatis ; -sterilia 0 v. minula. Germen receptaculo arcte 
inclusum. Bacca perianthio plus minus apice constrieto inclusa v. semi 
exserta ; cupulæ margine simplici v. rarius duplici (Nemodaphne *). — 
Arbores v. frutices ; foliis alternis v. subverticillatis coriaceis penniner- 
viis, nunc reticulatis ; inflorescentiis axillaribus v. terminalibus Ÿ. (Ame- 
rica trop., ins. Mascaren * ) 
III. OCOTEEZÆ. 
26. Ocotea Red diœci, rarius A on receptaculo 
breviter infundibuliformi v. cupuliformi ; perianthii foliolis 6, æqualibus 
v. vix inæqualibus, deciduis. Stamina fertilia 9; exteriora 6, introrsa, 
 superposite 4-locellata ; intima 3, extrorsa, 2_glandulosa. Staminodia 
interiora 0, v. rarius par va, dentiformia, subulata v. obsoleta. Germen 
liberum receptaculo vix immersum. Bacca receptaculo cupuliformi 
truncato integro brevi immersa ; pedicello haud v. leviter imcrassato.-— 
Arbores x. fratices : foliis alternis, sæpius coriaceis, penninerviis 
v. rarissime pseudo-3-plinerviis; floribus cymosis in racemos simplices 
y. ramosos terminales axillaresque dispositis. (America trop. et sublrop., 
Africa trop. cont. et ins. occ. et or.) — Vid. p. h37. 
27. Strychnodaphne Nges *. — Flores Ocoee ; perianthio toto 
persistente ; bacca receptaculo subplano v. vix concavo imposita et 
perianthio brevi 6-lobo patente basi cineta. Eætera Ocoteæ. — Arbores 
x. frutices ; foliis alternis penninerviis; inflorescentiis axillaribus v. ter- 
minalibus. (America trop.°) 
4, Syst, 192, 235.— ED. Ge n. 2039. IN, 447: IL, t. 331, fig. 2 (Laurus). -— GRI- 
— MEissx. £ 
N., Prodr., 96, sEB., PI "Wright à 188 (Nectandra). — . 
Ê Mrissx., Prod, À in Mart. FL. bras., Laurac., 486, t. 67-75. 
. Gen Ru ls ME differt tant. anthe- 5. Progr., 17; in Linnwa, VIH, 39. 
ris de Mrissn., Prodr., 142. 
4. Spec. ad 50. N£es, in Linnæa, VUE, 45. 6. Spec. 3 v. 4. Por, Dict , Suppl Ut, 
— SprEnc., Syst, Il, 496 (Myginda). — 323 (Laurus). —NEEs, Syst, 35 h, 474 (part, 
LEK, Nov. so “ce A VI, 492, t. 615  Ocotea); in Linnæa, XXI, 524. = Bus F1. 
Crplcarse) BL, -bat., 1, ind. occ., 11, 724 (Lawrus), —  — in 
338 (Agathophyllum, metre _— Lawx, Dict. , Mart. FL bras., Laurac., 244, t 
